Love County officers indicted in bank robbery larceny case
Love County prosecutors Wes Croy and James C. Mathers were indicted for grand larceny over $5,997 recovered after the Love County National Bank robbery. Former county attorney Robert S. Robison and ex deputy sheriff John D. Smith face larceny by fraud charges of $150. Nine indictments total, two released on bond, jury dismissed after report.
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Associated Press
Marietta
Okla
Love County
Love County Grand Jury
Wes Croy
James C. Mathers
Love County National Bank
Robert S. Robison
John D. Smith
Asa E. Walden
Croy and Mathers
O. A. McCage
Sam Long
Ardmore
Carter County
Claude Andrews
Former Catholic Priest Given Life Term for Murder
Phillip A. Goodwin a former priest of the American Catholic church was sentenced in Santa Ana California to life imprisonment in Folsom for the murder of J J Patterson of Los Angeles. He had earlier been sentenced to hang at a prior trial.
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Santa Ana, Galif
Phillip A. Goodwin
J. J.atterson
Los Angeles
Goodwin
Woman to Prison for Murder of Daughter
Fort Morgan Colo March 9 Mrs Fred Sherman 25 confessed slayer of her two year old daughter Elizabeth because she wouldnt stop crying has been committed to the state hospital for the insane at Pueblo A lunacy commission found the mother not responsible mentally for the act.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Fred Sherman
Elizabeth
State Hospital
Pueblo
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Amarillo and vicinity through 7 PM Saturday. West Texas to remain fair and warmer in the east central area, New Mexico fair with little temperature change. A low pressure system over Pike Ohio valley brings rain to central Mississippi and Ohio valleys, while a moderate high pressure covers the central and southern Plains with cooling pressures in the northwest.
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Amarillo
West Texas
East Central
New Mexico
Kansas
Pike Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Ohio
Plains
Wiscisasvecesee
McCormack Ballads Thrill Thousands At 1928 Amarillo Festival
McCormack wowed a packed Amarillo Auditorium as the Panhandle Music Festival closed. The Irish tenor performed ballads and folk songs with to tears from audiences and high praise for his emotive tone. Cellist Laur i Kennedy also impressed, with a prediction of rising prominence in American classical music.
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Amarillo
Tito Schipa
Don José Mojica
Allen McQuhae
Arthur Kraft
John McCormack
McCormack
Schipa
Mahree
Love
Old Erin
Perryton Courthouse Contract Awarded to Out-of-Town Firms
Perryton commissioners awarded the Ochiltree County courthouse contract to Corlett and Weldens of Hutchinson Kansas for general construction Holt Brothers of Perryton chosen for heating and plumbing Stansbury Electric of Perryton for wiring and fixtures Warrants purchased by Brown and Crummer Wichita at par plus 1632 dollars premium Sixty thousand dollar warrants sold with 40000 dollars available now Estimated total cost for building and equipment about 106000 dollars.
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Perryton
Ochiltree County
Oklahoma Lawyers Travel to Washington Over Impeachment Hearing
A delegation of Oklahoma lawyers appeared before a House Judiciary subcommittee to arrange procedure for the impeachment hearing against Judge Franklin E. Kennamer of the Northern District of Oklahoma. Attorneys C. B. Stuart George Ramsey James A. Veasey C. A. Coakley and W. B. Johnson spoke in support of Judge Kennamer.
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Associated Press
Washington
Oklahoma
House
Franklin E. Kennamer
Kennamer
C. B. Stuart
Oklahoma City
George Ramsey
James A. Veasey
C.A. Coakley
Tulsa
W. B. Johnson
Ardmore
House Rejects White-Norris Amendment to End Lame Duck Sessions
The House defeated the White-Norris constitutional amendment by 209 to 157 to abolish lame duck sessions and move presidential inaugurations to January 4. It would have allowed Congress to set presidential succession rules and clarified death contingencies, but failed to reach the required two thirds. party lines blurred as Republicans and Democrats split largely along leadership lines on the vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Tilson
Connecticut
Martin Madden
Illinois
Appropriations Committee
Snell
New York
Committee On
Oklahoma asks for lowest wheat export rate
Chicago March 9 Oklahoma asked the interstate commerce commission today for the lowest possible legal rate to the nearest port for its wheat intended for exportation.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Oklahoma
Interstate Commerce Commission
Here's Your Chance to Eat Capon Sunday
Capons raised by Potter County club boys are for sale this morning at The News Globe office after 10 o clock. Twenty five birds weigh eight to ten pounds and cost 35 cents a pound. Eighteen birds have been claimed and reservered buyers should pick up their capons today. Proceeds go to the club.
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News-Globe
Potter County Club
150 Passengers on Doomed Ship Reported Safe
The Boston to New York steamer Robert E Lee with 150 passengers and 113 crew ran aground on Mary Ann rocks off Manomet Point in a snowstorm and gale. Aboard hope rose as a 10:20 p.m. message said passengers were in no danger and would be transferred in the morning. Rescue craft including naval ships and coast guard cutters gathered, while observers noted the ship seemed doomed from shore.
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Associated Press
Boston
New York
Robert E. Lee
Mary Ann Rocks
Manomet Point
Bushnell
Falcon
Mallard
Provincetown
Coastguard
Tuscarora
Redwing
Lee
Ying
Manomet
Mass
Mary Ann Rock
Massachusetts Bay
Manomet Station
Coast Guard
Midland Firefighters Battle Four Burning Oil Tanks
A severe Midland storm lashed the city as four 80,000 barrel crude tanks at Magnesia Petroleum farm burned after lightning. Firefighters used a three inch cannon to vent oil while a fifth tank risked explosion and a nearby six story hotel suffered minor damage from a lightning strike.
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Associated Press
Midland
Tex
Magnesia Petroleum Company
Here
Midland Business District
Police Seize Major Liquor Stash in Downtown Raid
In Amarillo police confiscated a large assortment of liquor from the Thompson building at 208 Polk Street. Two men, identified as Q. R. Thompson and Nathan Taylor, were arrested on possession charges and later jailed awaiting bond. The haul included 86 pints of bottled in bond whiskey 10 pints of Gordon's gin 14 quarts of straight whiskey two gallons one quart of alcohol one quart Bacardi rum and one quart of Scotch found in a trunk and an office file cabinet on the second floor.
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Amarillo
Thompson
Polk Street
Q. R., Thompson
Nathan Taylor
Lee Miller
Press Barnam
Testimony in Robbery Trial Begins at Vega
The Vega jury settled late today and the first witness testified in the Jim Bryant robbery trial. Bryant, a rancher, is charged with robbing the Wildorado State bank last year, netting over 1000 dollars. The case is the first of two trials during the Oldham county term.
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Jim Bryant
Wildorado Bank
Vega
Wildorado State
O'Neal
Jose Alvarado
Oklahoma
Henry Johnston
Oldham County
Wildorado State Bank
Big Dam Nearing Collapse Prompts Idaho Evacuations
Residents along the Big and Little Wood rivers rushed to evacuate as reports warned the cement control tower of Magic Dam might collapse. The dam's reservoir backs one of Idaho’s largest water-system controls and officials warned of severe damage if the tower fell. Heavy rains and high winds disrupted telephone service to the dam.
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United Prews
Shoshone
Idaho
Big
Little Wood Rivers
Magic Dam
Independents File Brief Denying Oil Overproduction in U S
A Dallas conference of Texas independent oil producers and royalty owners completed a brief to be filed with the railroad commission denying domestic crude overproduction and outlining alleged major company tactics. The document cites 1927 U S Bureau of Mines figures showing total U S production at 935 million barrels and consumption plus export at 43 million barrels. Copies will be mailed to the governor, legislators, and about 32 000 investors.
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Associated Press
Dallas
State Railroad Commission
United States
Texas
Austin
Railroad Commission
Claude Pollard
C. D. Neff
H. J. Adair
Ol and Gas Bureau
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Hamilton
W. H. Holmes
Amarills
Mexia
United States Bureau of Mines
Neff
Texas Oil Production Reaches 211 Million Barrels in 1927
Oil production in Texas for 1927 totaled 211,801,123 barrels, up from 172,354,676 in 1926, the railroad commission announced Friday. Hutchinson County led with 29,526,025 barrels, Borger town included.
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Hutchinson
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
Hutchinson County
Borger
Fuelless motor inventor injured by electric shock
Lester Hendershot of Pittsburgh inventor of the fuelless motor was brought to Emergency hospital in Washington after an electric shock left him temporarily paralyzed. He was shielded from interviewers as hospital staff listed him as an electrician, delaying disclosure of his connection to the so called fuelless engine.
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United Press
Washington
Lester Hendershot
Pittsburgh
Depot Fire at Bay St. Louis Causes $80,000 Loss
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Louisville and Nashville depot at Bay St. Louis Mississippi late last night. The loss is estimated at $80,000.
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Associated Press
Bay
Louis
Miss
Louisville and Nashville
Acquitted in Assault Case in Longview
Edward Ginn was acquitted of assault on a 17 year old Longview girl by a jury that deliberated four minutes last night in Longview Texas.
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Associated Press
Longview
Texas
Edward Ginn
Pampa Wins Gray County Seat After Long Victory Tour
Pampa defeated LeFors to win Gray county seat by 325 votes amid a statewide shift allowing biennial elections for county seats. The 5,054 total votes showed Pampa 3,678 and LeFors 1,377 with a joint celebration and a new railroad contract to Cheyenne Oklahoma City.
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Pampa
Gray County
LeFors
Clarendon
McLean
Santa Fe
Frank Kell
Cheyenne
Okla
Oklahoma City
Clarendon Band
Dictionary Offer Closes March 17
The News-Globe announces the dictionary distribution will end soon. Readers are urged to redeem three coupons with stamps before the educational campaign concludes and to examine the advertised dictionary of dictionaries described as surpassing others in the field.
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News-Globe
Globe-News
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